News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Transatlantic Teleview

Issue

Issue No.

24

Date Released

1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Men of Speed

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

BFI synopsis: Christoper Chataway interviews Peter Twiss and Donald Campbell. Campbell talks about his water speed records and why he undertakes such attempts. They discuss the application of the information gathered during his high speed runs to the marine craft industry. Also shows a view from the cockpit of Campbell’s boat, the Bluebird, as he accelerates the craft to 130mph. Twiss, a test pilot and holder of the air speed record, talks about how his record breaking attempt was officially monitored. They discuss the problems incurred by the ‘heat barrier’ during the high speed flight and the application of the information gathered during his test flights to the civil aviation industry.

Keywords

Speed records

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 793/24

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Presenter

Christopher Chataway

Sponsor

Foreign Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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